News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The Czech Forts

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
488A
Date Released
13 Oct 1938
Date submitted
10 Oct 1938
Date submitted
11 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 14
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hitler and Goering in Sudetenland. DESCRIPTION: Hitler inspects the Czech Maginot Line. SHOTLIST: 1. Hermann Goering arrives at the improvised airfield at Freudenthal, he has great difficulty in passing through the crowds that have assembled to welcome him. 2. Herr Hitler arrives at Neustadt by car and drives through the streets to Freudenthal where he meets Goering. 3. Herr Hitler inspects the Czech fortifications on the former Czech-German frontier. Very good shots of Goering, no CUs of Hitler.
Keywords
Politics and government; Weapons; Aviation; Occupied territories
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
34568
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
24
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The Czech Forts', British Movietone News Issue No. 488A, 13 Oct 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9304 (Accessed 20 Jul 2025)